Real estate: Ashurst and Reed Smith lead on prime £300m New Bond Street acquisition Tom Moore Ashurst’s head of real estate investment David Jones has advised opposite Reed Smith on the £300m purchase of a 50,000 sq…
Financial results 2013/14: Travers achieves record turnover up 13% to £97.2m with PEP up 12% Legal Business Top 45 LB 100 firm Travers Smith today (17 July) announced its strongest financial results to date, with turnover for the…
Deal Watch: Cleary London advises opposite Paul Hastings Milan on Whirlpool’s $1bn Indesit acquisition Legal Business Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s London office has advised Whirlpool, the world’s largest manufacturer of home appliances, on its $1.04bn purchase…
Guest post: DRIP – a torrent of mass surveillance seems more likely Legal Business Last week, the Home Secretary announced that, with all party agreement, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill – (DRIP…
Heading to the polls: Charles Russell and Speechly partners to vote today on £126m merger Sarah Downey Speechly Bircham is getting closer to closing its sought-after merger, as its partners and those at Charles Russell are voting…
‘A compelling combination’: Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham say yes to merger Sarah Downey The partnerships of Speechly Bircham and Charles Russell have today (16 July) voted ‘overwhelmingly’ in favour of a merger that…
Comment: Global 100 – a little bit of life before Lehman returns. But only a little Legal Business For all the improving signs, glancing at our annual Global 100 report shows headline performance largely comparable with 2013. The…
‘We’re all struggling with how to capitalise on changes in the global marketplace’ – Simmons’ Hoyland points to Asia for growth Legal Business After announcing a return to form financially, with both revenue and profits up for 2013/14, Simmons & Simmons managing partner…
Leadership: Latham elects Bill Voge to take over from Bob Dell after eight-month selection process Legal Business Following a rigorous eight-month selection process, London-based projects partner Bill Voge has been elected to take over from Latham &…
Guest post: Dominic Grieve as Attorney General, 2010-2014 Legal Business The first time I ran into Dominic Grieve, he made a fool of the Labour shadow justice minister, Paul Boateng.…
Asia-Pacific: office number 76 for Baker & McKenzie in Brisbane Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has opened a third office in Australia, launching in Brisbane as it targets expansion into energy and…
DLA sees leading criminal litigator Rickards leave for Kingsley Napley Sarah Downey Kingsley Napley has made a key hire to its criminal litigation team, as DLA Piper partner Jo Rickards, who recently…
Scottish revival: Growth for Brodies, Maclay and Shepherd as Scots independence vote hangs over recovery Legal Business Described last year as both beleaguered and bleak, the Scottish legal market is this year seeing something of a revival…
Guest post: A few thoughts on the Butler Sloss controversy Legal Business Lady Butler Sloss, a former and eminent senior judge, with significant experience through a child abuse inquiry (Cleveland) of matters…
Skadden pledges PE still core focus but declines to spend big on Murray-Jones replacement Legal Business The pending retirement of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s leading figure in the City private equity market Allan Murray-Jones has…
Linklaters former DCM partner Nigel Pridmore joins Ashurst Hong Kong Jaishree Kalia Linklaters former finance partner Nigel Pridmore has joined Ashurst in Hong Kong, following in the footsteps of London debt capital markets (DCM)…
Willkie Farr moves to build City private equity capability with hire of Kirkland duo Legal Business New York firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has moved to build a City buyout practice with the hire of private equity…
Reed Smith bolsters City energy practice with further hire from McDermott Legal Business Reed Smith has made a further lateral hire to bolster its City offering, as Prajakt Samant becomes the second energy partner…
‘Sharpening its corporate offering’ – Middleditch is Linklaters new corporate chief as Wiggins takes on sector role Tom Moore Asia-based Matthew Middleditch has today (14 July) been named Linklaters‘ new head of corporate, replacing current incumbent Jeremy Parr, as…
Revolving Doors: Monckton attracts public law team; Arnold & Porter launches City financial services; Dentons grows in HK Legal Business The past week saw Monckton Chambers attract a five-barrister public law team led by Ian Wise QC from Doughty Street Chambers,…
